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  • 1 haul

    [ho:l] 1. verb
    1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) tirer
    2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) transporter
    2. noun
    1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) effort
    2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) prise, butin
    •
    - haulier - a long haul

    English-French dictionary > haul

  • 2 string

    1. [striŋ] noun
    1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) ficelle
    2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) fil
    3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) (à) corde(s)
    4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) rang
    2. verb
    1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) enfiler
    2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) monter
    3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) enlever les fils de
    4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) suspendre
    •
    - stringy - stringiness - string bean - stringed instruments - have someone on a string - have on a string - pull strings - pull the strings - string out - strung up - stringent - stringently - stringency

    English-French dictionary > string

  • 3 establish

    [i'stæbliʃ]
    1) (to settle firmly in a position (eg a job, business etc): He established himself (in business) as a jeweller.) (s')établir
    2) (to found; to set up (eg a university, a business): How long has the firm been established?) fonder
    3) (to show to be true; to prove: The police established that he was guilty.) établir
    •
    - establishment - the Establishment

    English-French dictionary > establish

  • 4 size

    size ⇒ Sizes
    A n
    1 ( dimensions) (of person, head, hand, nose) taille f ; (of box, glass, plate, stamp) grandeur f ; (of building, room, garden) grandeur f, dimensions fpl ; ( of tree) taille f, grandeur f ; (of apple, egg, bead) grosseur f, calibre m ; (of carpet, chair, bed, machine) dimensions fpl ; (of book, parcel) grosseur f, dimensions fpl ; (of paper, envelope, picture) taille f, dimensions fpl ; (of country, island, estate) étendue f ; a town of some size une ville assez importante or assez grande ; chairs of all sizes des chaises de toutes les grandeurs ; it's about the size of an egg/of this room c'est à peu près de la grosseur d'un œuf/de la grandeur de cette pièce ; he 's about your size il est à peu près de ta taille ; to increase in size [plant, tree] pousser, s'accroître ; [company, town] s'agrandir ; to cut sth to size découper qch à la dimension voulue ; to be of a size [people] être de la même taille ; [boxes] être de la même grandeur ;
    2 ( number) (of population, audience) importance f ; (of class, school, company) effectif m ; to increase in size [population] augmenter ;
    3 ⇒ Sizes Fashn (of jacket, dress, trousers, bra) taille f ; ( of shirt collar) encolure f ; (of shoes, gloves) pointure f ; what size are you?, what size do you take? (in jacket, trousers, dress) quelle taille faites-vous? ; ( in shoes) quelle pointure faites-vous? ; what size waist are you? quel est votre tour de taille? ; what size shoes do you take? quelle pointure faites-vous?, vous chaussez du combien? ; to take size X ( in clothes) faire du X ; to take size X shoes chausser or faire du X ; I think you need a size bigger je crois qu'il vous faut la taille or la pointure au-dessus ; that jacket is two sizes too big ce veston est deux tailles trop grand ; ‘one size’ ‘taille unique’ ; try this for size lit essayez ceci pour voir si c'est votre taille ; fig essayez ceci pour voir si cela vous convient ;
    4 Tech ( substance) (for paper, textiles) apprêt m ; ( for plaster) colle f.
    B vtr
    1 classer [qch] selon la grosseur or le calibre, calibrer [eggs, fruit] ;
    2 Tech apprêter [textile, paper] ; encoller [plaster] ;
    3 [jeweller] ( make bigger) agrandir [ring] ; ( make smaller) rétrécir [ring] ;
    4 Comput dimensionner [window].
    that's about the size of it! c'est à peu près ça! ; to cut sb down to size remettre qn à sa place, rabattre le caquet à qn ○.
    ■ size up:
    ▶ size up [sb/sth], size [sb/sth] up jauger, juger [person] ; évaluer [qch] du regard [room, surroundings] ; évaluer [situation] ; mesurer [problem, difficulty] ; they seemed to be sizing each other up ils avaient l'air de se mesurer des yeux.

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